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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 30 December 2022 11 Comments

If you did not snatch up the Abeille Noire Édition Prestige / Black Bee Prestige Edition of Guerlain Imagine, here’s another chance to get a piece of French jeweler Lorenz Bäumer’s work for Guerlain: La Secret de la Reine. The wings open if you press on the 2 carat pear-shaped diamond just below the “head”, and then you can use a pipette to scent the honeycomb section. It is almost 3 inches long, and it can be worn as a brooch or pendant. Shown above in the rock crystal, white and yellow gold version, and below the jump in the onyx and white gold version. Both versions feature over 14 carats of diamonds…

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The (almost) daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 27 December 2022 2 Comments

Just in case anyone missed the news, all three of the Arielle Shoshanna fragrances (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) are back in stock. $165 each for 50 ml. The Three Day Weekend Set is available as well, with three samples for $22.50, plus you can redeem that price towards a full sized bottle.

The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 21 December 2022 5 Comments

Coming next year (2023 will be The Year of the Rabbit) from Hermès, Rose Ikebana in packaging decorated by artist Shinsuke Kawahara, in 200 ml Eau de Toilette or 100 ml Eau de Toilette with leather case. (via fashion-press.net)

The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 15 December 2022 4 Comments

Yet another pretty bottle of Diptyque Do Son: "Inspired by Yves Coueslant, one of Diptyque’s founders, who as a child spent summers at the seaside in Do Son, this iconic floral Eau de Parfum is presented in limited-edition packaging and flaunts notes of tuberose, orange blossom, and jasmine." $205 for 75 ml Eau de Parfum at Saks.

The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 13 December 2022 7 Comments

I do like these better than yesterday's extravaganza from Louis Vuitton, but not so much that I'll lose sleep over them: two fragrances for Lalique designed by American artist James Turrell and inspired by the American West. At left, Purple Sage for women (purple sage, mandarin, grapefruit and rhubarb); at right, Range Rider for men (leather, pepper, amber and citrus). 100 of each were made, reportedly €25,000 each.

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